Download or read book Watermusic in the Track written by Mike Phipps and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Maybelle the Cable Car written by Virginia Lee Burton and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1997-03-31 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maybelle was a cable car a San Francisco cable car. . . She rang her gong and sang her song from early morn till late at night. . . . By recounting the actual events in San Francisco's effort to keep the city's cable cars running, this classic story illustrates how the voice of the people can be heard in the true spirit of democracy. Virginia Lee Burton's original art for Maybelle the Cable Car was retrieved from the archives of the San Francisco Public Library to re-create this edition with all the vibrant charm of the original, which was published in 1952.
Download or read book San Francisco s Powell Street Cable Cars written by Emiliano Echeverria and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Francisco's cable cars are an internationally recognized symbol of the city, but they also have a long and fractious history. There are actually three cable lines in operation today: the California Street line and the two Powell Street lines-- the Powell-Mason and Powell-Hyde. The Powell Street lines have been the subject of much controversy through the years, due to a complex lineage of private and public ownership. Cable cars on Powell Street began in 1888, operating under the Ferries and Cliff House Railway Company and utilizing the same basic design pioneered by Andrew Hallidie in 1873. Among the story's twists and turns are the line's actual routes following the 1906 earthquake, which caused heavy damage and forced major repairs. Post-quake, United Railroads was able to replace many of the cable car lines with streetcars, including a part of the Powell Street system. San Francisco at one time had eight separate cable car operators. Gradually most were replaced by streetcars, buses, and trolley buses, given the complexities and expense of cable systems. The Powell lines were taken over by the city in 1944, but the mayor tried to abandon them in 1947. The public disapproved of this move, and since then the Powell Street line has only grown in stature and its importance to San Francisco.
Download or read book Cable Car Days in San Francisco written by Edgar Myron Kahn and published by Friends of San Francisco Public Library. This book was released on 1976 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book San Francisco s California Street Cable Cars written by Walter Rice and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Franciscos internationally recognized cable cars are the symbol of the individual character of a great city. The California Street cable car line is one of only three remaining lines in the city. The California Street Railway, or Cal Cable, was developed and opened by Leland Stanford, one of the builders of the transcontinental railroad and later founder of Stanford University. Indeed, the iconic line, intimately connected with some of the Wests pioneer businessmen, was sold, expanded, and reached its peak mileage just after 1890, only to be destroyed in the great earthquake and fire of 1906. As resilient as the city it served, Cal Cable was rebuilt and lasted as an independent business longer than any other private San Francisco transit operation. Cut down to its present form in 1954, that remnant and its double-ended cars survive as an integral part of todays cable car system.
Download or read book The Cable Car in America written by George Woodman Hilton and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is a treatise on passenger transport using wire rope traction for carriers operating on rail, popularly cable cars or street railways. The system is described. There are extensive photographs and drawings of components, particularly, carriers, grips, brakes, stationary drives, and the haulage ropes. System design, construction, operation and maintenance are covered in detail along with the powerhouses and drive machinery. Cable car economics is covered for principal cities in America. Fully illustrated with photographs and drawings. Bibliography. (CFD).
Download or read book San Francisco s Interurban to San Mateo written by Robert Townley and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's strange to think that an electric commuter rail line rivaling BART in efficiency, speed, and comfort ran over 100 years ago between San Francisco and San Mateo, but run it did. The 40 Line, or San Mateo Interurban, began in 1892 with an initial segment operating between Market and Steuart Streets out to the county limits on San Jose Avenue. Three years later, the line reached Baden in present-day South San Francisco, and by 1903 service was opened all the way to downtown San Mateo. During the line's heyday, there was talk of extending it down the peninsula from San Mateo to Palo Alto to connect with the Peninsular Railway to San Jose. The 1906 earthquake put this plan on hold. Following much the same route as today's Mission Street, El Camino Real, and Caltrain, the San Mateo Interurban carried over four million passengers a year along its main and spur lines until 1949, when the system was shut down amidst much fanfare.
Download or read book San Francisco by Cable Car written by George Young and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chicago Cable Cars written by Greg Borzo and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When most people hear "cable car" they think "San Francisco." Yet for almost one-quarter of a century Chicago boasted the largest cable car system the world has ever seen, transporting more than one billion riders. This gigantic public work filled residents with pride--and filled robber barons' pockets with money. It also sparked a cable car building boom that spread to twenty-six other U.S. cities. But after twenty-five years, the boom went bust, and Chicago abandoned its cable car system. Today, the fascinating story of the rise and fall of Chicago's cable cars is all but forgotten. Having already written the history of the "L," Greg Borzo guides readers through a stretch of Chicago's transit history that most people never knew existed--even though they have been walking past, riding over and even dining in remnants of it for years. . .
Download or read book Cable car days in San Francisco written by Edgar M. Kahn and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Clyde the Cable Car written by Smith Novelty Company Staff and published by . This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cable Car and the Dragon written by Herb Caen and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 1995-03 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tired of traveling the same route, a San Francisco cable car takes a different turn and ends up in Chinatown during New Year's celebrations.
Download or read book The Eldridge Conspiracy written by Don M. Winn and published by Cardboard Box Adventures. This book was released on 2017 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kaye's father is in danger! The young Knight, Kaye, and his friends Reggie, and Beau enter Eldridge in search of the only man who can save his father. During their journey, they encounter and make a powerful enemy of Baron Thomas--the self-proclaimed heir to the throne of Eldridge--who also has his sights set on ruling the country of Knox. Together, the boys dodge the baron's henchmen and race against time to stop an assassination that would plunge the two kingdoms into war in this exciting conclusion to the series.
Download or read book The Cable Cars of San Francisco written by Mike Palmer and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book San Francisco Cable Car written by Julie Murray and published by Abdo Zoom-Dash. This book was released on 2021-12-15 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers will learn interesting and historical facts about the San Francisco Cable Cars, like when they began operation and how they are used today. This series is at a Level 2 and is written specifically for emerging readers. Aligned to Common Core standards & correlated to state standards. Dash! is an imprint of Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO.
Download or read book Cable Car Carnival written by Lucius Beebe and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-28 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1951, this is a richly illustrated paean to San Francisco’s cable cars dating from the years when they were in jeopardy and were eventually saved (though not entirely) through the efforts of activist citizens.
Download or read book Cable Car Confidential written by Susan Holtzer and published by Caddo Gap Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cable Car Confidential is the hilarious and irreverent account of life as it's reality lived behind the grip of San Francisco's most beloved icon, as told by the men and women who run it.
